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Disinfection Certificates
The Department is regularly called upon to certify that consignments of hair and
rags have been sterilized. Regular visits are made by the Public Health Inspectors
to the firms concerned in connection with the issue of these certificates.
In the case of the hair the certificates are required for production to the public
health authorities of the countries to which the hair is exported.
The certificates for rags are required by firms outside the Borough who supply
rags for cleaning purposes and have them sterilized by local agencies and who need the
certificates either for export purposes or for submission to their customers.
A fee of 5/- is charged for each certificate.
Certificates Issued in 1963
Sterilisation Certificates Hair 75
Rags 15
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Radioactive Substances Act, 1960
An order made in 1963 appointed 1st December, 1963, as the date when this Act
came into operation.
The Act is concerned with the accumulation and disposal of radioactive wastes.
As from the appointed day persons who keep or use radioactive material, unless exempted,
are required to register with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and to
obtain authorisation from them for the accumulation and disposal of radioactive wastes.
Control of the substances is exercised directly by the central government and is
not a local government responsibility. In certain circumstances the local authority
must be consulted before the Ministry issue authorisation for the disposal of radioactive
wastes in respect of major nuclear establishments, or where the disposal is likely to
involve the need for special precautions by the authority,
The Government policy contemplates the use, in suitable cases of low concentration,,
of local conventional methods of disposing of wastes, e, g, discharge into sewer or
disposal on refuse tip. The Ministry consider it desirable that such methods should
be used wherever practicable, since by them, the harmless dispersal can most often be
achieved and the increased exposure caused by multiple handling avoided,
Section 9 (5) places a duty on the local authority to accept and to deal with
radioactive wastes sent to their refuse tip in accordance with the authorisation
issued by the Minister.
Swimming Pools
The Council have two covered pools at the Central Baths and an open air pool at
Lordship Lane. Details are as follows:-
(a) Lido Open Air Pools (165 ft. x 75 ft.). The Total capacity is 490,000
gallons with continuous filtration and chlorination at the rate of 90,000
gallons per hour. Water supply is from the Metropolitan Water Board's mains,
(b) Pool 1 and 2 at Central Baths (100 ft. x 35 ft. and 75 ft. x 25 ft.). The
Total capacity is 155,000 gallons with continuous filtration and chlorination
at the rate of 40,000 gallons per hour. Water supply is drawn from a bore
hole 421 feet deep.